What Does God Require of You?

What does God require of you? This is a subject of much contention among those who read the bible. For ancient Israel, God made it extremely clear what He expected from them under the Old Covenant:

Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I commanded you today for your good?

God gave them an elaborate and detailed list of laws that they were to keep, and many people think that these laws are not what God intends for us under the New Covenant. If God doesn't expect us to keep His law, then what does He require of us?

Sin Causes Death - So What's Sin?

In the previous article, I established that sin causes death. Therefore, we would do well to learn what God means by "sin!"

1 John 3:4
Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

Sin is defined as lawlessness - living without regard for God's law. God gave His law to Israel in various parts of the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The apostles read these books to learn what sin was, and, if you really want to know what God considers to be sin, then you also need to read them - they contain the law that John was writing about in the above verse. It's the only law of God that there has ever been. It's the same law that Jesus Christ knew and followed perfectly. Additionally, Christ said the following about that same law:

4 Trendy, Short Christian Videos from Beyond Today

In an effort to make my blogging less formal and more engaging, I've decided to start sharing more of the cool (and relevant) stuff that I come across. For today, check out these videos, produced over the course of the last year by the talented production team at Beyond Today: